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Test-day checklist
The week before
- Confirm the registration: date, arrival time, format (paper or computer-based), and your testing site's device and admission rules.
- Print or save the admission ticket where you can find it without thinking.
- Shift bedtime so the test-day wake-up is normal, not heroic.
- Do your last full practice test no closer than 4–5 days out.
The night before
- Pack: admission ticket, approved ID if required, several sharpened No. 2 pencils and an eraser (paper testing), water and a snack for the break.
- No new practice material. Reread a few explanations you liked — confidence, not cramming.
- The night before: run the Final Check Night Run (about 20 minutes), then stop.
- Set two alarms. Lay out clothes in layers; testing rooms run hot and cold.
The morning
- Ordinary breakfast — the one your practice mornings used.
- Arrive early enough to be bored for ten minutes.
- One reminder, not twelve. Ours: answer the question that is asked, and trust the section strategy you practiced (SSAT: eliminate before guessing; ISEE: never leave a blank).
Rules vary by administration and site — the instructions in your registration always win.